03. How to Take Care of Yourself with an Autoimmune Disease with Sara Flanagan Uniquely Healthy with Maryann Auger

In this episode, Sara talks about her experience with Graves Disease and her experience with weight fluctuations*. Sara also gives her opinion on celery juice and she talks about self-care through an autoimmune perspective.  *disclaimer: there is one mention of x lbs lost. If this is a sensitive topic for you, you can skip the part about weight fluctuations. 

3:22 Tell us a little bit about yourself, what you do, etc

6:10 How did you find out you had Graves Disease and can you briefly explain what it is for those who don’t know?

16:55 You made a post about having weight fluctuations because of your disease and you mentioned getting certain comments. Can you elaborate on that and share your experience? 

25:40 Let’s talk about the Medical Medium and his Celery juice… what are your thoughts on Celery juice?

44:35 Do you have any advice for those who may have just gotten a graves disease diagnosis? Any particular advice for those who are experienced autoimmune warriors?



Useful articles:

Placebo study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1103319?fbclid=IwAR3HwoiC_qypfL4GrZBbjxbtjcM-oFdIH-3Q7FmwN3Si0RcfTYSyOAmaoOg

Learn more about Graves Disease: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/graves-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20356240?fbclid=IwAR05709j6FBuq9vKdjbLynDFrn-EKFtztg-roe13_Aj1VBr5XgZ8-vHK5BU



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